# mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents (remote · mitbbs.ai)

Chinese-diaspora news and data for AI agents: news search, stories, markets, weather, visa info.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mitbbs.ai`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai/mitbbs.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai/mitbbs)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mitbbs.ai/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 804 tokens (~80/item across 10 items; 10 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 90/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 65% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 10 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 11 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents MCP server?

mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents is a hosted endpoint at https://mitbbs.ai/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai 'https://mitbbs.ai/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai": {
      "url": "https://mitbbs.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mitbbs.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai]
url = "https://mitbbs.ai/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mitbbs.ai/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai --url 'https://mitbbs.ai/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai:
    url: "https://mitbbs.ai/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mitbbs.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai -t streamable-http -u 'https://mitbbs.ai/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mitbbs.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 71, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-03 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `search_news` (~83 tokens)

Search News

Search mitbbs.ai Chinese-language news headlines and forum posts (guest-readable boards only). Returns url, title, excerpt, board, author, posted_at, source_name, source_url, rights_basis per result.

Input parameters:

- `board` (integer): Restrict to one forum id
- `limit` (integer)
- `q` (string, required): Search keywords (Chinese or English)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `query` (string)
- `results` (array)

### `get_story` (~58 tokens)

Get Story

Read a story thread: topic metadata plus paginated posts (oldest first). Includes rights_basis and canonical url.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `offset` (integer)
- `topic_id` (integer, required): Topic id from search_news

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `posts` (array)
- `topic` (object)

### `list_boards` (~40 tokens)

List Boards

List public forum boards (id, name, description, topic/post counts, url).

Input parameters:

- `parent` (integer): Only boards under this parent forum id

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `boards` (array)
- `ok` (boolean)

### `get_entity` (~81 tokens)

Get Entity

Look up curated entities (people, companies, places, topics) tracked by mitbbs.ai. Pass q to search, or id (stable_id) for a profile.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string): stable_id from a previous result
- `limit` (integer)
- `q` (string): Name or alias to search
- `type` (string)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `entities` (array)
- `entity` (object)
- `ok` (boolean)

### `market_quote` (~72 tokens)

Market Quote

Unified market quote: US stock (NVDA), forex pair (USD_CNY or USD/CNY), or crypto (BTC or bitcoin). Data delayed 15 minutes; reference only, not investment advice.

Input parameters:

- `symbol` (string, required): Ticker (NVDA), pair (USD_CNY), or crypto (BTC)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `kind` (string)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `pair` (string)
- `quote` (object)
- `symbol` (string)

### `weather` (~97 tokens)

Weather

Current weather + 7-day forecast for 16 cities (Chinese + English). Source: Open-Meteo (CC-BY 4.0).

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): City slug: new-york, los-angeles, san-francisco, boston, chicago, houston, seattle, dc, toronto, vancouver, london, sydney, beijing, shanghai, taipei, hong-kong

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `cities` (object)
- `ok` (boolean)

### `convert_currency` (~87 tokens)

Convert Currency

Convert an amount between currencies (ECB reference rates). Supported: USD, CNY, EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, AUD, HKD, TWD, KRW. Note: TWD has no ECB rate and returns null.

Input parameters:

- `amount` (number): Amount to convert
- `from` (string, required): Source currency code
- `to` (string, required): Target currency code

Output parameters:

- `amount` (number|null)
- `attribution` (object)
- `converted` (number|null)
- `from` (string)
- `from_name_zh` (string)
- `note` (string)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `rate` (number|null)
- `to` (string)
- `to_name_zh` (string)

### `yellow_pages` (~72 tokens)

Yellow Pages

Search 4,389+ NYC Chinese business listings by keyword or category (Chinese).

Input parameters:

- `cat` (string): Category in Chinese, e.g. 餐馆
- `limit` (integer)
- `page` (integer)
- `q` (string): Keyword: name, phone, or address

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `listings` (array)
- `matched` (integer)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `page` (integer)
- `per_page` (integer)

### `visa_info` (~71 tokens)

Visa Info

US visa/immigration policy info in Chinese (F-1, H-1B, EB-1/2/3/5, family, N-400) with Visa Bulletin priority dates. Reference only — not legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `type` (string): Visa category; omit for the full hub

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `categories` (array)
- `category` (object)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `updates` (array)
- `visa_bulletin` (object|null)

### `travel_guide` (~79 tokens)

Travel Guide

Chinese-language travel guides for overseas Chinese: 10 US cities, 8 countries/regions, 3 NYC day trips. Overview, sights, food, transport, best season, tips for Chinese travelers.

Input parameters:

- `cat` (string)
- `dest` (string): Destination slug, e.g. new-york, tokyo→japan

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (object)
- `categories` (object)
- `destinations` (object)
- `ok` (boolean)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai/mitbbs#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 71
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 70

## Common questions

### What is the mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents MCP server?

mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.mitbbs/mitbbs-ai. Chinese-diaspora news and data for AI agents: news search, stories, markets, weather, visa info. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mitbbs.ai/mcp).

### Is the mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents MCP server safe to use?

mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents MCP server expose?

mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents exposes 10 tools: search_news, get_story, list_boards, get_entity, market_quote, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 740 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents MCP server still maintained?

mitbbs.ai 华人空间 — Chinese News for AI Agents is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mitbbs.ai/mcp
- Website: https://mitbbs.ai/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai/mitbbs.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai/mitbbs.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mitbbs-mitbbs-ai/mitbbs